Well… there was just such great response to my Nana’s pecan pie recipe, I’ve decided I should share my chocolate cherry cake recipe. It’s with serious hesitation that I do so. After all, my site is dedicated to the joys of simple pleasures, and this is a very difficult cake. But so many people have asked about the cake, I don’t want to let anyone down. So…

I prefer two different sizes of round styrofoam. This gives you a lovely platform for placing the cherries.

Truly, the most important ingredient… Duncan Hines chocolate icing from a plastic can.

Well, no.. the most important ingredient.. beautiful fake cherries which I found at Target.